The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-28


s7aseh were distritasgd afaenE i@oseQV q
.I.ist e.. isai sisSssfiss has lstn Ia Che
sF4iss iesiitutiau ami Enilefiug 81 tae pep-
PIE Sans fsi1ashnfl4 have peer ltsi1ia' ,llel
az ine5 AID loI laag and weary Gays
asaVa HFrd sE fIiFandu. gn0fdgd m anyaF
8sSissa4siu seqGf. oit RATS 81 the repis q
hsraas, atiA D. small eiefi.llltt q lfl,l-
4ACEd1Ftni aaq |ie1l i cir el-i if2lei' BIC ll-
fisa3 fhfis i1fttrnQ. DE love Of tqale ii1ia
1seat luSuy Inns mnrisulils 1altinii tor every
ir5ifcati5n 81 The Ea6sldencf Of the 1909
4lhase Nhn sau4ai aafety ~ tie dl1sant Jus
nnls iett Riisl thilr qwnlhnf Mele Iegisi
~ the tifahIat lgit1tinu Of the NeiafHs h'ili
1fAqii the dsugcr vas imminent end lulllq-
6isiC III this lau KiHiiatlou, aInln an tiiia
7Yi "a and tha boss Of iiie has boon iill2!l'
stated - the General Assembly - tliAt
Fe9f & Tas bqypnd tne lliiter ~ W W 49,
hii5lif leEeea gtrggig eno n sntl aign eio,lsil
- RESIST The fun 3ide 81 TIE 1lsHiitiFils hit
4 bnd To be done. There was nhen no fih-
sisianee q hard ! calleH losgilie5 % w
sanfs8ise citizens 81 the aliuTial distrlctG and
representative r. broad men in taet, ali per
Haiaa. a1ad eaEpara lions directly Interested ~
Rebuilding tie ieYeee. The procsesliltss q
fhst convention are well known. 5lhefe was
N interest erea ted in rehuilsllnE the tefeeA-
~ enthusiasm dliifBed AmunE tine people;
Tho SLATE, tudividnals, corporations and
finally n Z, United States government came
Will Il helping hand. AEAlons Rt0fEa iA2s
R5sInet Carrie Dppssnu Fork, Aleagfa, ketk
siier, UdftnnWn1u Bayou ana 0kifel teR0ts 91I
inheritance were cnnsfFilalea
is,, fire STATE Alone i go cuntfnctH fer t8ves
Fss3fsAfnatiear were Jet in 1852 10 1855, Gqu
~ 81 them were faithfully eNeeuiod. ne
w5fk done under these contracts aHonIile 81
t. 100 miles cf i5ven. ne Agfeta Mtsoi
aeze damaged were also Tpl4lreu. 4tiohe
aprs rev leEeeH- AnQ AsSih 5ile ~. ~
4iuE tlih damage was far less than IN 1857
lserals6 of tho bgIter c0nsi ton OF tlle teFees'
tha increased hsigit givcil than' and Il tls AZ
ditiunai siren gil e correspond. A theiE r.
port Tie Board 81 Engineers say:
tf31t however greatly we may depiQfe INC
sitnataa, slsoulh not lose izgiit q illa laet
5fisssfhs tenurhl condition Of the iuyeel n
This STATE to-day is vastly hotter IMAM ~ ~
9lcslinp Of the food IN IsSe, sild ihaL tAe
sresr5t Overflow has been much lsgs ~ area
5iupih and DAMAGING eject than ttal ~ ~ ~
s=t,sT1I aal5 or many others that preCeIied u
sFiie isvees above the n1Cuth q the htl
liFer had been constructed ~ former years
5595 ieH and those below were also etiuAl4-
fEarFIl l5v detective rice fumes. These mat
fers had 10 be corrected and rtrlealeii, e., Z,
Ihe levee work completed anft fnlslea
ft7see s24 ainoamtetl 70 81 tg-seFtl7 miles @
new le1see and tic raising and eniargemeIIf
az sixteen miles old lgvee. Tho energy 2! M
diFi3luaiz Of ieseG districta'aId corporations
eth eatlTned ne op9ss4,.t ~, Eol IN e,i;l
5ssns nf Arkansas. OF ls01iaiaEia ana the liver
GalHnisst0n, eiKagan 1iiiit6 ~ lenHAl--77tsA-
tgadiRE from Amos b9yoLl ~ F fl5,,,,
4ao Arkansas alid MISSISSIPPI ailQ over llilE
sFebt taa Itasas Basin i1sFce l3lstitct = COL
siderable partuf the Overflow Mlaeil l 9, n
tspqeaIl eyer tne alluPial lands OF GhG 4lstL1ct
WI "A the Reps arc NOW being closed eAtttI
IN lie River Commission or the state am =
complete line Of lcFee VAL eEtclln ifvll AZ
Esnshq Git to the 8}uif.
THgra vas no high B2ter--i3o OVer3lc3s-
Efafn ~ be ts'2, ard allot TINS fnle NRs Ll.-
4vofabla for efficient l9yeo work B5lfLig M
aerfl of office hHEe had toccnlth tl VIII W.
ageraews hut the leTeee have been put III "A
better condition than n any time SINCE tile
war This has cost the stEte ahouV .I1iee
n. iiotis ef dollars, and ayith this aznoHnt hiss
been accomplished what my ,pfttleel3ei33sot il
Faifad - loWit1 twelve AMI one-hait alll}ons;
There may be, from the neglect o. local
aEtlsrGtlss, some psifSsl s,si ,, s,,r dis
slaFar a "A and 80 val evCr occur again;
Ali Aloug the line the lGEecs have been ralstli
and strengthened 90 as e be ~ ies5t ltntI
two to three feet above the highest "&'ef
Work has also been extended into the in
4sTilr The closing this year OF Bay9u5 hal-
-rp# aIff IiOuEa perfects lie syhieGn Of lefee6
from West Melville 30 the he6a Of the Atetia-
falaYa, west bank, wash the exception OF .
lew breaks HOuth Of and near Bayou 4todEe,
ya7is 81 earth. which will be closed at ~.
aarly day, the best evidence as 90 amount
ard character Of leyee work done f2noa
1882 il the unanimous testimony o. hlose |
nsggg Immediately interested IN leEee pro
INT Ne arc told that there has been no ad-
vance in lesea building because the laws are
4ile EaIag, and that the present lsNee laws
were enacted during the communication OF
Gov Nichols. But There have been Altera-
tons in the syste8n and very afapgrtaab; new
districts have been organized ard an oppor-
tunity given 10 these districts 10 tRE hbem-
selves Tor local leEeo purposes, ard gives
them what l have long urged as necessity,
local care, supervision and protection Of the
laveea But admit there has been no
change ia the levee laws, aud that they
are Just the same they were years ago,
were the laws be1t-OperaldnE3 4Jiu they DH
their mere existence provide the money TO
bnild legees 10 repair. and 20 RECONSTRUCT.
From the quotation cited above you VIII see
4hab they were not sufficient, and ehat some
means had to be devised inst As 1II the case
OF thB Charity Hospital, 10 raise the money.
I have explained how this was done a man
may have a very perfect steam engine, bpf
there must be some external force put it in
opera ti0n. Without this, it will Teli9 IN idle,
-Fast and not serve the pnTpOspS OF ats eEea-
Eaishstean, he must summon his energy and
STATE FRANoEs.
In 1870, in his message to the General
Assembly, Cos. Nichols stated:
'slhe condition OF the general fund OF fbe
=ftst8 mas not been as favorable during the
year 1873 AB during 1877. The qnhnNun
OF collections has been inadequate to meet
the gaEESntb as drawn under the , aR7pEopras-
siderable hardship and less" The reasons
alleged are the epidemic, INC reduction Of
EhG general fund tax from to 23s mills
without q corresponding reduction ~ RpplD-
pt5saens, and the failure TO collect Licenses
from Che Hotfet registry Jaw. AND 40 Ahe
saIap IaeRsaEe he states:
13le COLLECTIONS OF revenue from the five
and N half mill TAX not having been adequate
to ths pAymentCf the interest coupons due
on Jan. /, 187B--they have remained up-
paid DuFln'y bis administration the high
est percentage Of taxes collected On the ag,
sesstnent rolls was 4S1s per cent. DHrint
this present Stale admin Bflatl4n there l&i
been . continued improvement IN opllect4asil
anti the percentage RmRutsts to q frach0E
OF pG per cent for collections in 1886.
Gov, Perry, OF Florida, Says in his mes
BREe. the ASSIGNMENTS OF property are the in
dieatigns Of the prosperity OF the STATE, On
characterization 10 the marvellous lltere9b
Of Esalth in his OWL Stats IS indicated By IN
ieEFEaiHE amounts on the assessment rolls.
giia assessments Of properly IN the Stat
are eloquent in the advance shown:
slaTp sl5R, as7, 1876 s.
-L6sltu+ 49, ..-.--. = q We 'At3b =
1851 r-,.-,.--.-',-..-...r' Hlbd' :t5alfe W >
1PSAtrs-..sr-t. ,.--..-'-'-.' Ly1' 299t W 4
s1SSB. ..s....-,--.,--., --..-.- z lfroe2tSfS =
Tias rate Of taHation from 1S17 70 Is7
varied from fourteen to eleven mills, live an
q bali mills OF uhlch was set ABIDE 70 pay ~
interest on the bonded DEBT, yet with this d
acesHiYe taxation the stale deiunlled On lntel
eRtaHl created q large floating debt.
n. f5IgrlEFi sos of thg ktuta GOVERNMENT j